Furniture.



E. OHNSTRAND.

FURNIIURL APPLICATION FILED MAY 7. l9l3 Pafented ept. 2 1915.

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FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI. 1913.

Patented. Sept. 21, 1915.

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pins or rods 4-0 pass through these perforated lugs and the lugs on the lowermost strike bar to hold these parts to the legs and also tie the double wall to the drawer section.

In addition to the strike bars eachdrawer suspension embodies two guide members each formed from a sheet metal'strip. Each strip preferably comprises a"main 001 body portion 22 vertically arranged and haying near its lower edge a lateral guide 93 for cooperating with the side of a drawer as will be seen by referring to Fig. 5, such lateral guide being formed by bending the strip inwardly from the main portion as at 24- The forward end of this .guide 23 flares or is beveled 'outwardly at 25 to facilitate the introduction of a drawer and to close the opening which would otherwise be formed, this beveled portion being a lip on the sheet metal strip in alinement with the guide when the strip is out and afterward bent or deflected to the position shown in the drawings. Each drawer guide member is, also provided with a bottom guide 526 which is preferably formed by bending a portion of the sheet metal strip, beyond the lateral guide 23, in wardly at right angles to the said guide 23. Beyond the bottom guide 96, the sheet metal strip is bent downwardly at 27 and outwardly at 28 parallel with the bottom guide 26 but extending beyond the latter to a point in alinement with the outer face of the bottom portion 22. The portions 27 and 28 are provided for the purpose of giving strength to the bottom guide 26 and of providing means for suitably sustaining the guide as a whole within the furniture. At the upper part of the body portion'22 a top guide 29 is provided formed by bending the metal strip inwardly and thence upwardly at 30 The front end of this top guide 29 and its strengthening rib 30 do not extend so far forward as does the body portion 22 and this is also true of the bottom guide 26 and the parts 27 and 28,

although the bottom guide 26 does project at 31 beyond the parts Hand 28 and all of these parts project lm'wardly beyond the parts 29 and 30. To support the front ends of the guides each of the latter interlocks with one of the front supports or legs 1 and 11. For this purpose, such legs are provided with openings ll. between the two strike bars to receive a tongue 42 struck up from the guide and preferably from the forward end of the body portion 22, said tongue being passed through the opening ll to cooperate with the inner face of the legs as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. W hen in this position, those portions of the guide member between the upper edge of the body lportion .22 and the bottom guide 26 lie between the two strike bars. The uide face of each too bars each formed from a 'singl I guide 29 alines with and is in a horizontal plane with the under surface of the lower portion 37 of the top strike bar and the forward end of the top guide 29 and the strengthening rib 30 abut the upward extension 39 of the top strike but. The projecting portion 31 oil the bottorn'guide rests on the upper portion 32 of the lower strike bar, while the outwardly-turned portion 28 of the guide 'member rests 'u' on, the-top face of the lower portion 34 o the lower strike bar, its outer edge abutting the proximate leg as shown in Fig. 5.

coiiperate with the part 34- and the ends of The upwardlyturnedflange 35 of the lower strike bar is cut away at 43, Fig. 8, in order that the'part28 may this flange form shoulders which cooperate portions 44 turned outwardly from the rear,

ends of the guide members and extended rearwardly at 45 to lie in contact with the proximate panel of the desk, rivets 46 securing them in place. The rivets may also be employed for securing a connecting piece 47 which abuts the outwardly-turned portions 44-. of the guide members and has rear- \vardly-turned. portions 48 held by the rivets l6. 3 v

The drawer 21 which may be of any suit able construction is preferably made of sllcct metal with heads 49 along the upper edges of its side walls to cooperate with the top guide 29 and the body 22 as shown in Fig. 5.

According to the present invention, there is provided a sheet metal wall of strong and durable construction which can be made to simulate a wooden construction in form and thickness. There is also provided a drawer suspension which may be readlly assembled and which is composed of a minimum number of parts joined together in such a manner as to produce a rigld structure.

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thermore, thedrawer is so guided as to pre-' vent any binding or jamming of the parts.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A drawer suspension comprising suit-- able supporting means, a pair of iide mempiece of sheet metal having a vertically arranged body portion, a portion extending inwardly from the body portion to cooperatewith the bottom of the drawer, a portion extending downwardly from the last-named portion, and a portion extending outwardly from the downward]y-extending portion toa. point in a plane with the outer face of the body portion.

2. A drawer suspension comprising asuit- 1 able supporting means, a pair of guide Enema hers-each formed from a single piece of metal havingavertically arranged body portion, a portion turned'i nwurdly from the upper part of thehody portion to ooijperatewith the top of a drawer, a portion turned. inwardly at the lower part of. the body portion, 2} portion turned downwardly from the inwardly-turned portion provide a lateral I,

the drawer, a portion turned. inwardly from i The lower part of the lateral guide portion to cooperate with the bottom of the drawer, a lip being formed on the sheet metal strip in ulincnient with the lateral guide portion and being deflected outwardly to provide an inclined portion, facilitating the introduction oi thejdrawer,

l. in a drawer si'ispension, the combination with a pair of drawer supports of it strike bar arranged between them, said strike hur having an upper potion forming the bottom of the drawer opening and a lower portion connected at its forward. part to the forward part of the upper portion and extending in rem. of the upper portion, being provided, with an upwardlyturned flange which is spaced at its ends from the li l'ODt supports to form a shoulder, and a pair of guidexnemhers each seeuredto one of the trout supports and above the strike bar, having an inwnrdly-extending portion for 'coiiperation with the bottom of the drawer, said inwardly extending portion be ing substantially in a plane with the top oi the strike bar, and said also having a portion extending downwardly therefrom to cooperate with one of the shoulders at an end of the flange on the lower portion of the strike bar.

In a drawer suspension, the combinetion with a pair of front supports, of a strike bar connecting the supports and having shoulders in proximity thereto, and guide members each interlocking with one of the supports, and huving a portion alined with the top face of the strike bar and aportion enuaging the shoulder to preventinward movement of the lower part of the guide member: 7

In a drawer suspension, a pair of front supports forming the side walls of the drawer opening, a strike piece forming the guide member bottom wall of the drrwer opening and ha ing notches in proximity to the front support, and a pair of guide members interlocking with the front supports and engaging within the notches of the strike piece to he held against lateral movement.

7. In a drawer suspension, the combination with a pair of front supports, and a strike piece connecting them, the supports being provided ith openings above the strike lace and the strike piece being provided with shoulders in proximity to the supports, of guide members having tongues projecting through the openings to engage the inner faces of the supports, sai guide members engaging behind. the shoulders and held against inward movement by the latter.

8. In a drawer suspension, the combination with it pairof front supports, and upper and lower strike bars connecting them, of guide members formed from sheet'material and each having vertical body portions interlocking with a front support be tween the upper and lower strike bars, an inwnrdlyturned portion at the upper part of the body portion formed. with an upw a rd? -turned ii an e lvin behind the u erroost strike bar, an inwardlyturned portion cooperating with the bottom of the drawer and lying substantially in o plane with the upper face of the lowermost strike bar.

9. The combination with "a pair of front supports, of an upper and a lower strike bur connerting them, the lower strike bar having upper and lower portions connected at their front edges, the lowerportion of the lower strike bar projecting in the rear of the upper portion and having an upwardly-tinned flange at its outer edge, said flange being spaced from the front supports, guide members each formed from sheet material and comprising body portion secured to a front support between the strike liars and having, at the upper part thereof.

an inwurdly-turned portion to cooperate with. the top of the drawer and, at the lower part thereof. an inwardly turned portion to cooperate witi the bottom of the drawer, the forward end of "said inwardly-turned portion resting upon the top portion of the lower strike bar,'there being provided also on each guide member .a .portion depending from the bottom'guide and bent outwardly to cooperate with an end of the flange on the strike bar and. also with the upper surface of the lowermost portion of the lower strike ENOCH oHNs'rsANn.

Witnesses:

Hi-mom) H. Sinus,

GEORGE W. Coot-En. 

